In another case, in June, a commuter was carrying a wooden door at the Ghatkopar station. He was on the footover bridge but dropped the door which fell on the OHE, breaking the wire. It took more than an hour to fix the OHE.

The railway authorities said they cannot be squarely blamed for such lapses.

“I appeal to people not to throw clothes, plastic or fruit peels on the OHE wire. It disrupts movement of trains and leads to delays. These incidents are happening quite often,” said Ravinder Goyal, divisional railway manager, CR